Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide funding to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to enter into contracts with motor carriers of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for rail feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.
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California Legislature
20192020
SB 742
California SB 742 (20192020)
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Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers.
California SB 742 (20192020) — Intercity passenger rail services: motor carrier transportation of passengers.
Existing law authorizes the Department of Transportation to provide funding to the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) to enter into contracts with motor carriers of passengers for the intercity transportation of passengers by motor carrier over regular routes if certain conditions are met. Existing law also authorizes the department to provide funding to Amtrak to contract for rail feeder bus services operated in conjunction with the intercity trains, but subject to the restriction, among others, that the bus services be used only by passengers who are connecting to or from a train, subject to specified exceptions, including exceptions for passengers on certain routes where no private intercity bus company provides scheduled bus services.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 15–0 (pass) · lower
SB 742 Allen Senate Third Reading By Gray — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB742 Allen et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Allen — primary (person)
Flora — coauthor (person)
Fong — coauthor (person)
Galgiani — coauthor (person)
Gray — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-02-22 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2019-02-25 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27.
2019-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
2019-03-14 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2019-03-27 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2019-04-10 Set for hearing April 23.
2019-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 806.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
2019-05-06 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1151.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-30 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2019-07-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-09-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-06 Ordered to third reading.
2019-09-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3347.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-09-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2019-09-11 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2019-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2870.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2019-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2019-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 652, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4d22194-55f1-4cc7-9fff-d467e175fbb0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).